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1 Samuel 20:5 — King James Version← Study notes

And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even.


1 Samuel 20:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 20:519 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶרwayōʾmer
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
דָּוִ֜דdāwid
DavidnounH1732
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
יְהוֹנָתָ֗ןyəhwōnātān
Jonathan. ComparenounH3083
הִֽנֵּהhinēh
beholdparticleH2009
lo · see
חֹ֨דֶשׁ֙ḥōdeš
monthnounH2320
new moon
מָחָ֔רmāḥār
time to comenounH4279
tomorrow
וְ/אָנֹכִ֛יwəʾānōkiy
IconjH595
me · which
יָשֹׁבyāšōb
abideverbH3427
continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · ease self ···
אֵשֵׁ֥בʾēšēb
abideverbH3427
continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · ease self ···
עִםʿim
accompanyingpronH5973
against · and · as · before ···
הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְhamelekə
kingparticleH4428
royal
לֶ/אֱכ֑וֹלleʾĕkwōl
burn uppronH398
at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···
וְ/שִׁלַּחְתַּ֨/נִי֙wəšilaḥətaniy
appointconjH7971
any wise · bring · cast (away · out) ···
וְ/נִסְתַּרְתִּ֣יwənisətarətiy
be absentconjH5641
keep close · conceal · hide · secret ···
בַ/שָּׂדֶ֔הbaśādeh
countrypronH7704
field · ground · land · soil ···
עַ֖דʿad
againstpronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
הָ/עֶ֥רֶבhāʿereb
even(-ingparticleH6153
day · tide) · night
הַ/שְּׁלִשִֽׁיתhašəlišiyt
third (partparticleH7992
rank · time) · three
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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